It is held with those u shaped hooks in 3 locations and mine also has the spring clamps for the 3 wire Douglas connectors holding them.

I've never been successful in uploading here. The size restriction is too small and I don't have a way to reduce the files from my phone. (My only Internet device)

What year truck? On my 53 there is the hole with 4 mounting holes covered by a blockoff plate. They may have omitted it at some point.

The headbolts extend into the water jacket. You need to use a suitable sealant on the threads. (P2 is suitable)

It's only crazy to buy a 70 year old vehicle and expect it to be like a new vehicle. Our term for the lack of amenities is "Embrace the suck". I've hotrodded some vehicles to death. (1925 T C cab, 1926 T roadster pickup, 1971Camaro.) And driven/owned many dozens of T's A's and other old ca...

Well, there are no intake seats per se. So you can grind them in position with a seat grinder The exhaust CAN be done insitu, but you will need the necessary tools and skills to do so. Not very common anymore.

There are supposed to be 2 threaded inserts in the body. Not only for the mirror, but also to hold the deep water fording intake pipe.

I got mine from VPW. If no one here has any spare.

My book is buried atm so I can't look it up. But the fit specs are in it.

You shouldn't be able to. It's supposed to be indexed.
The rebuild probably isn't advancing because it is assembled incorrectly.

Hire a hotshot hauler.
We ship railroad power trucks this way several times a year. They are a minimum of 15,000 lbs. Most have winches to load if it is a 'roller'. (We use a 20,000lb gantry crane at work.)

The parts manual (the big one, there are several) shows all the parts and gives dimensions and often, locations.
Between the manuals I have found EVERYTHING I've needed.
Ignore the chapters, closely examine ALL the pictures and illustrations

ez8 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:39 am

Argie1978 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 6:58 am Ez8, are your vertical bows still with the stock height?

I cut them according to the garbee dimensions.

Should be good then. I cut to his dimensions and my rop is fine. But, I added a few extra tie down grommets.

Widen your search to europe and you will find plenty of 24v coils. For example:
https://www.desmetjeep.com/product/deta ... d=0&page=1

Look in the body and chassis manual. Procedure is there.